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African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Bill of Sale (Stewart/Caldwell)

Enslaved People Named: Nanny

On April 20, 1805, Daniel Stewart, planter of Liberty County, sold for $229 to John Caldwell “for the sold use benifit [SIC] and behoof of his children John George Caldwell, Isabella Maria Caldwell, Sarah Carney Caldwell, Christian Ann Caldwell, William James Caldwell, and Robert Andrew Caldwell…one certain negro woman slave named Nanny with her future issue and increase…” Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on April 20, 1805. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. E-G 1801-1816,” Record Book F (1804-1809), p. 64-5. Image #198 (Link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C3QL-J96C-N?i=197)